{"id":98951,"date":"2018-02-21T07:30:28","date_gmt":"2018-02-21T12:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=98951"},"modified":"2018-02-21T07:30:28","modified_gmt":"2018-02-21T12:30:28","slug":"vw-cougars-drop-third-straight-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2018\/02\/21\/vw-cougars-drop-third-straight-game\/","title":{"rendered":"VW Cougars drop third straight game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Van Wert independent sports<\/em><\/p>\n<p>LIMA &#8212; Jacoby Kelly scored 22 points but it wasn\u2019t enough as the Cougars fell to Lima Central Catholic 58-51 on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p>It was the third consecutive loss for Van Wert (10-10).<\/p>\n<p>The Thunderbirds raced out to a 12-4 first quarter lead, but Van Wert fought back with a basket by Blake Henry and two buckets by Nate Place to make it 12-10 at the end of the period.<\/p>\n<p>The second quarter was a back-and-forth affair, with the two teams trading the lead on several occasions. A layup and foul shot by Jacoby Kelly at the buzzer gave Van Wert a 23-21 halftime lead.<\/p>\n<p>6-8 senior Mark Janowski opened the third quarter with a pair of quick baskets that gave Lima Central Catholic a 25-23 lead, but the Cougars responded with a three pointer by Kelly and buckets by Owen Treece and Drew Bagley. Janowski closed the period with a shot that gave the Thunderbirds a 38-35 advantage.<\/p>\n<p>Matthew Cecala opened the fourth quarter with a triple to make it 41-35, and Lima Central Catholic (8-13) went on to outscore the Cougars 20-16 in the period.<\/p>\n<p>Janowski and Cecala paced the Thunderbirds with 12 each. In addition to Kelly\u2019s 22 points, Treece tallied 12 for Van Wert.<\/p>\n<p>The Cougars will finish the regular season Friday at home against Defiance, before opening sectional tournament play against Maumee at Findlay High School next Wednesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Van Wert independent sports LIMA &#8212; Jacoby Kelly scored 22 points but it wasn\u2019t enough as the Cougars fell to Lima Central Catholic 58-51 on Tuesday night. It was the third consecutive loss for Van Wert (10-10). The Thunderbirds raced out to a 12-4 first quarter lead, but Van Wert fought back with a basket [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-98951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-01 03:29:54","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98951"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98951\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}